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March For Our Lives coming up Saturday in Clarksville

The Leaf-Chronicle
Published 11:46 a.m. CT March 21, 2018

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Director Steven Spielberg talks about why he’s donated $500,000 to students organizing the March For Our Lives demonstration on March 24, which will urge U.S. lawmakers to enact tougher gun control legislation. (March 17)
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March for Our Lives will be held at noon on Saturday, March 24 in Washington, D.C. to protest gun violence and raise awareness for school safety. Sister marches will also be held around the country, with the nearest one in Harrisburg.(Photo: Courtesy)

Dozens of Clarksville residents are expected to gather Saturday morning at the McGregor Park Riverwalk for the local March For Our Lives event.

The rally, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. March 24, will feature student voices in song, spoken word and speeches in remembrance of the lives lost at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, according to a news release.

“I don’t want to wait until this happens in my state, in my district, at my school, for my country to realize this is an issue,” said Nahan Abubucker, a student leader from Middle College at APSU.

March for Our Lives is a national grassroots response to the school shootings. Across the nation, more than 800 communities worldwide will demand that their lives and safety become a priority and that we end gun violence and mass shootings in our schools, the release said.

“School safety is not a political issue," organizers said in the release. "No special interest group, no political agenda is more critical than timely passage of legislation to effectively address the gun violence issues that are rampant in our country.”

The event is posted on Facebook, at March for Our Lives at Clarksville.

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